Harness-saddle.



C. TRASK.

HARNESS SADDLE.

APPLIGATION FILED OUT. 4, 1909.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 19%.

Application filed October 4;, 1909. Serial No. 520,774.

straight state, and then by positioning the cap section of the tree andsecuring said section in position, with respect to the side sections,give to the saddle the desired conventional shape, and furnish thesaddle with a permanent rigid center.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying illustrationof one specific embodiment thereof, while its scope will be moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing aharness saddle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is anenlarged, vertical section taken through the saddle. Fig. 3 is aninverted plan view showing the tree and the manner of securing the screwor screws employed in the connection of the cap section to the sidesections. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the sidesections of the tree. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cap section ofthe tree.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A A are the pads of the saddle.

B B are the metal plates connected with the pads in the conventional orany other approved manner consonant with the purpose of my invention.

C is a jockey that is preferably of leather, and D D are the sidesections of my novel tree. Each of the said side sections D comprises abody portion a and a flange 6; the body portion a being recessed asindicated by 0,

and having notches d in its inner edge, and the flange I) being providedwith apertures e for the passage of the screws or other devices employedto connect the said flange to one of the plates B. Thus when the sidesections D are placed together as best shown in Fig. 3, a recess isfurnished in the underside of the body portions of the sections for thereception of one or more nuts E, and apertures are formed between themeeting edges of the sections for the passage of screws or the like. Inaddition to the side sections D, the tree comprises an apertured capsection F that is flanged as indicated by 7 and is therefore adapted tostraddle the upwardly projecting body portions a of the side sections.

G is a check hook.

H is a screwfixed to the check hook and passed through apertures in thecap section F and between the side sections D and also through the nutE.

C is the before mentioned jockey, preferably of leather, extending overand hiding from view the cap section F of the tree, and J is a seat,preferably of suitable metal, arranged below the check hook G andapertured for the passage of the screw H. It will also be here notedthat the seat J is further secured in position by a screw K engaged andheld by a second nut E disposed in the recess in the inner matchedportions of the side sections D. The comparatively small aperture formedin the meeting edges of the side sections D near one end thereof, isdesigned to register with an aperture-in the cap section F and receive arivet or the like (not shown), when it is deemed necessary to employ arivet or the like to contribute further strength to the connectionbetween the side sections 1) and the cap section F.

In the practical use of my invention, the side sections D of the treeare riveted or otherwise connected to the metallic plates B, and thesaddle is sewed, stufled and practically completed while in a straightstate. The saddle is then bent into the shape shown in Figs. 1 and 2,after which the cap section F, the jockey .C, and the seat J are placedin position, and the said cap section and the seat are connected withthe side sections in the manner before described. WVith this done, itwill be manifest that the cap section will straddle the upwardlyprojecting portions of the side sections and hold said sectionstogether, and in that way will furnish the saddle with an absolutelyrigid center, and retain the same in the shape shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

l/Vhile I prefer to employ the seat J, the

said seat J is not essential to my invention, and therefore it may beomitted Without involving departure from the scope of the iiivention asclaimed, in which event the check hook G will be the only element toappear above the leather jockey of the complete saddle.

While I have shown and described one form of my invention, it is to beunderstood that I am not limited to the details or the form or relativearrangement of parts disclosed, but that extensive modifications may bemade therein without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patcut, is:

1. The combination of a harness saddle, of pads, plates connectedtherewith, side treesections fixed with respect to the plates and havingopposed edges and also having upwardly projecting portions, a captree-section straddling the said upwardly projecting portions of theside sections and adapted to hold the same together, and meansconnecting the cap section with the side sections.

:2. The combination in a harness saddle, of pads, plates connectedtherewith, side treesections fixed with respect to the plates and havingopposed edges and meeting notches therein forming an aperture and alsohaving upwardly projecting portions and an angular recess in the underside of their meeting portions, a nut disposed in said angular recess, acap tree-section straddling the said upwardly projecting portions of theside sections and adapted to hold the same together, and a screwextending through the cap section and also through the said aperturebetween the side sections and engaging i and held by the said nut.

3. A saddle tree comprising side sections having opposed edges andmeeting notches therein forming an aperture and also having upwardlyprojecting portions and an angular recess in the under side of theirmeeting portions, an angular nut disposed in and held against turning bysaid recess, a cap section straddling the said upwardly projectingportions of the side sections and adapted to hold the same together, anda screw extending through the cap section and also through the saidaperture between the side sections and engaging and held by the saidnut.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

VVILBER C. TRASK. \Vitnesses CHAS. P. RAYNE, Jixs. J. VALTON.

